Coss is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Coss
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The form of the Kus. The small person.

Variant form of Kos. One who lived at the sign of the blackbird; shortened form of various other names of which this is the root.

Coss is form of the Kosinski. One who came from Kosin meaning "scythe," in Poland.

How popular is Coss?

As per 2010 US census, number of Cosss grew by 14.36 per cent to 4156 since 2000 and ranked 7961 after elevating 405 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 56.26 64.17
Hispanic or Latino 40.98 32.03
Others 1.08 0.96
Black 0.96 2.09

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Bertha Coss worked as farmer and hailed from Mecklenburg. 2 years old embarked for New York from Hamburg on Elise and arrived on November 12, 1853. Bertha Coss (2) Farmer, Friedchen Coss (7) Farmer, Friedchen Coss, aged 7, Farmer Ludwig Coss, 35 years old Ludwig Coss, Sophia Coss (37) Farmer, Farmer Sophia Coss, Carl Coss, aged 33, and 2 other Coss around 75% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Coss Namesakes

  • David Coss, served as mayor of the city of Santa Fe

Coss Namesakes

  • David Coss, served as mayor of the city of Santa Fe

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